Agricultural Policy and Land Use



2009: Land Use and the Global Economy

Chair: Huib Silvis, Council Member, Netherlands Council for the Rural Areas (RLG) Coordinator: Agneta Andersson (RLG) 

Work plan 2009

In 2009 the Working group Agriculture (WG Agri) will cover the broad subject of land use. On the work programme is the organisation of a workshop on Land Use and the Global Economy, with discussions on the impact of the recent financial developments and the relation to the EU Sustainable Development Strategy (priority field Conservation and Management of Natural Resources) The theme will be further focused in the coming weeks. The WG Biodiversity is invited to contribute to the event and cooperation is also sought with ENCA. A preparatory meeting is planned in Brussels in January. 

2006-2008: "Health check" of the CAP

Chair: Huib Silvis, Council Member, Netherlands Council for the Rural Areas (RLG)

Main outcome 2008

Download the meeting agenda
Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy: Background. Huib Silvis, WG Agriculture Chair 
Public debate: agriculture, landscape and the CAP. Renate Werkman, Wageningen University
The English Environmental Stewardship Entry Level Scheme (ELS), Stephen Chaplin, Natural England

Download the EEAC WG Agriculture Activity Report 2007
Download letter addressed to Commissioner Fischer-Boel
Download letter addressed to Commissioner Dimas

Main outcomes 2007

Access the website CAP in a nutshell

The WG Agriculture prepared an overview of the CAP implementation in the different Member States that feeds into the health check of the CAP (2007/2008), the mid-term review of the Financial Perspective 2008/2009 and the CAP beyond 2013. In this connection, the following two seminars took place in 2007:

Download the conclusions of the Seminar Assessing the impacts of the CAP

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2005: EEAC Rural Development Statement and CAP implementation

Chair: Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, Council Member, Netherlands Council for the Rural Areas (RLG)

Download the conclusions of the EEAC Conference on Rural Development in Vac (Hungary) 

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2004: Preparation of the Rural Development Statement

Chair: Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, Council Member, Netherlands Council for the Rural Areas (RLG)

  • During 2004: the WG Agriculture prepared of a position Statement on Rural Development that was issued thereafter.
  • November 2004: the Chairman of the WG Agriculture sent a welcome letter to the newly appointed Agriculture Commissioner - Mariann Fischer Boel - pointing out the importance of monitoring the implementation on Member State levels, internal and external policy integration and the need for broad rural development policy built on diversity.

Download letter to Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel

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2003: CAP Reform and Implementation

Chairman: Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, Council Member, Netherlands Council for the Rural Areas (RLG)

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2002: Follow-up of Agenda 2000 and CAP Reform

Chair: Mark Felton, General Manager Agriculture, English Nature

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2000-2001: European Model of Agriculture

Chair: Netherlands Council for the Rural Areas (RLG)

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1998–1999: Contribution to the 5th Environmental Action Program and Agenda 2000

Chair: Danish Nature Council (DNC)

1995-1998: Statement "Towards environmental sustainable land use"

Chair: Sue Collins, Director, English Nature

  • September 1998: Following a workshop on agriculture organised by English Nature and the German SRU in the course of the 6th EEAC Annual Conference in Tuusula (Finland), the WG Agriculture restarted its activity.
  • July 1996: A Statement covering environmentally sustainable land use, reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and development of a rural sustainability policy was published. It includes recommendations for action by the EU, EU Member States and by the WTO.
  • December 1995: The WG Agriculture started as a follow-up of the 3rd EEAC Annual Conference on Sustainable Land Use in Reading (United Kingdom) to produce a statement developed from its conclusions. 

Download Statement "Towards environmental sustainable land use"

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